Mitering machine



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MITERING MACHINE Filed Junev 25, 1921 Patented leb. lli, 1923.

DAVID IBRAI.'L\l`ii..lv3)y ORSHAL, OF CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

i A inrrname Application ledune 23,

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, DAVID BRAINARD OR- SHAL, a'citizen of the United States, anda resident of Carlisle, in the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have inventeda new and `Improveijl Mitering Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.` y

My inventionrelates to aimachine for use in cutting miters and has for its object to provide a novel saw guide and means to variously adjust the sawl guide to cut miters at different angles with convenience and with precision.

The invention also has for an important object to provide for optionally adjusting the saw guide to produce a bevel ofany desired angle` in the miter.

The nature of the invention and its distinctive features and advantages will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference' iste be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

\ Figure'l is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is an end view, a portionof the base being broken away to better show the work clamping means, and

Figure 4 is a `detail in transverse vertical section on the line 4 4 of Figure'2.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example, ll provide a base 10, on which the work may be placed.l said base having along a sidethereot` a member 11 rising above the surface of the base, against which the work may be laid. To clamp the work against the member 11, I provide a clamping dog 12 transversely slidable on a guide plate secured by screws 13 over a depression 14 in the base, the said dog slidably engaging the bar 18 so as to rock at a slight angle to the vertical, indicated in dot-ted lines in Figure 3, and causing the dog to bind on the said bar. The dog 12 has a clamp screw 15 to bear against the i piece of work indicated in dotted lines at A in Figures 1 to 3, to firmly clamp the work against the member 11.

A standard 16 is secured to and rises from the base 10 advantageously-at that side forming the member 11, and said standard is offset laterally inward so that its vertical end MACHINE.

1921. Serial No. 479,802.

1G overlies the base and the work A.` The upstanding end 16a of the standard 16 receives a sleeve 17, the sleeve and standard being preferably rectangular. Set screws 19 in suitable number are provided on the sleeve to hold it in a given vertical adjustment on the standard. Said sleeve 17 is rigid with a horizontal arm 18 having a telescoping section 2O held in given adjustment by a set screw 21 or the like.

The telescoping section 2O of arm 18 is formed with a vertical sleeve 22 culminating in a vertical spindle 23 which carries at its lower end a saw guide 24'which is thus adapted to be disposed above the work A., for guiding the saw B indicated at B, at the desired angle in cutting a 'given miter. The saw guide 24 is turnable with the spindle 23 about the vertical axis of the latter, and also it is swineably mounted on the spindle by a vtransverse hinge pin 26 whereby the saw guide may not only be disposed so as to cut the miter at a given angle but also to bevel the miter at any desired angle. The said saw guide 24- has spaced sides, the lower ends of which have flanges 25 directed laterally inward toward each other and scparated to present a slot for the saw B.

For swinging the saw guide 2a on its hinge pin 26 for giving a particular bevel to the reiter, I provide a graduated element 2T pivot-ally connected at its lower end with said saw guide, said bar extending obliquely upward `to a clamp 28 having a set screw 29 operating against a plate spring 29L in said socket to press said spring' against said bar 27. The socket 28 is carried at the outer endfoi a horizontal arm 23() on a sleeve 31 fitting the spindle 23 above the sleeve 22 and resting on the latter. At an angle to the arm 30 extends a horizontal arm 32. the outer end of which forms an upstanding member terminating` at its upper end in an indicating pointer 3/-1- directed laterallyY inward and overlying a graduated sector rigid with the spindle above the sleeve 31. f

lilith the above described arrangement, the degree of turning of the spindle 22% and the san' vguide 24, about the axis oi said spindle wll be indicated by the sect-or B5 ot pointer let. The adjustment ot the saw guide 2d for cutting' a miter at a given bevel will be indicated by the graduations on the bar A set screwV 36 is provided to hold the sleeve 31 and spindle 23 against relative turning illustrated example constitutes a practicat embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details.

herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied Without departing' from the spirit of the invention as dened in the appended claims.

`Having thusdescribed .myinventioin I claim:` ,i

l. A mitering machine including a saw guide, and means swingingly suspendingl said guide from its upper end. to ailord clearance for Work therebeneath, and means associated with said iirst means for permitting a manual turning of said guide on an approximately vertical axis, adjacent the guide and on an axis remote from said first mentioned axis. l

2. In a mitering machine of the character described,` la standard, a sleeve provided with a telescoping arm slidably mounted on said standard, a second `sleeve providing a. pair of oppositely disposed arms secured to the telescoping sectionof said arm, a member slidably held inV said sleeve, a guide swingably carried by the loiver end of said member, agraduated element attached to the lower end of said guide and extended adjacent one of said last mentioned arms, means on said arm for clamping said element, and `a :further graduated element secured to the upper end of said member and rotatable therewith.

3. A mitering machine including a base having means to hold the Work thereon, a standard on said base, an approximately horizontal arm on said standard, said arm being adjustable on said standard both ver tically and horizontally, a spindle supported onsaid arm to turn about an approximately vertical axis, a saw `guide swingingly carried by said spindle at its lOWer end to partake ci' the -turning movement of the spindle and means to hold the spindle and saw guide against turning. j

4. A mitering machine including a base having means to hold the work thereon, a standard on said basef-a telescoping horizontal arm on said standard, said arm being adjustable to be disposed in different horizontal angular positions with respect to the base, a spindle supported on said arm to turn about an approximately vertical axis, a saw guide carried by said spindle at its lower end to parta-ke of the turning move ment of the spindle, said saw guide having a hinge connection with the spindle to swing laterally for producing a beveled miter,'op tionally operable adjustable means4 tov Avariously swing the saWguide, means to hold the spindleagainst turning, and means to hold said adjusting means with the saiv guide in a given position.

5. A mitering machine including a standard, aY sleevevertically adjustable on the standard, a horizontal arm rigid with said sleeve and having a telescoping section, a vertical sleeve. rigid With said telescoping section, ,a spindle turnablein said vertical sleeve," a saiv guidey suspended on the lower end of said spindle, a second =sleeve on the spindle, an indicating pointer rigid with said second sleeve, a graduated indicating element lixed on said Ispindle to turn ,there by relatively to the pointer and means to lock said second sleeve and spindle against relative turning. Y Y

G. A mitering machine of theclass describedincluding a telescopic horizontal arm, means to adjustably, support ,said arm, a sleeve on s aidarm, a spindle turnable in said sleeve, a savv guide carried said spindle at, its lower end to partake of, the turning movement thereof, said guide-being laterally swvingable on the spindle, a graduated adjusting bar pivotallyj'jconnected at its loiverfend ,vvith said sayy guide, a second sleeve onthe `spindle and aclamp supported on said' .sleeve and adapted to adjustably clamp the said graduated bar.

DAVID BRAINARD ORSHAL. 

